A major court case pitching hundreds of South Australians against an American healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has been put back.Source:News Limited

A MAJOR court case pitching hundreds of South Australians against an American multinational corporation has been put back for months after healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson lodged thousands of pages of documents.

The case involving allegedly faulty hip replacements was due to be heard in the Federal Court in Sydney on June 2 but this has been put back to March next year.

About 3000 Australians, including about 450 in South Australia, are suing over faulty hip implants.

The case has been delayed after Johnson & Johnson lodged 3000 pages of affidavits and almost 20,000 pages of annexures.

Victims complain it is “delay by avalanche”, however, their lawyers concede the case is so complex such a response, and consequent delay, is hard to avoid.

The metal ball-and-socket Articular Surface Replacement was taken off the market in 2010 after eight years and has been implanted into more than 90,000 people worldwide.

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay US$2.5 billion — about US$250,000 per patient — to settle thousands of lawsuits in the US, however, no such offer is on the table in Australia.

I liked the comment of Powder on My Bottom and Band Aids on my Knees. OK, hit them back in the pocketbooks. Stop buying the products of everyday life. Like Lou Costello said in the movie “In the Navy” while playing dice with Bud Abbott. “Oh you can win and you CAN LOSE”. We all have to do what we can to protest this abhorrent behavior by a so called ethical company. (Ethical my ass which was powdered by J&J also).